James Foley

John Foley appreciates the fact that his son James, the American journalist beheaded in Syria by the Islamic State group last year, has been honored on a memorial to journalists who lost their lives while reporting the news.

President Barack Obama admits he should have considered the backlash he would receive after going golfing during his vacation on Martha’s Vineyard immediately following a speech about the beheading of American journalist James Foley at the hands of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria.

Faced with a mounting militant threat in the Middle East, President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron declared Thursday that their nations will “not be cowed” by extremists who have killed two American journalists.